Microsoft announces 2017 Partner of the Year winners and finalists

Microsoft Corp. has announced the winners and finalists of the Microsoft 2017 Partner of the Year Awards. The award winners and finalists will be recognized at Microsoft Inspire taking place July 9-13, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

The annual awards recognize top Microsoft partners demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.

This year, Microsoft acknowledged partners in 34 categories, including cloud apps, IoT, learning, public sector, philanthropy, and others. The finalists and winners were selected from more than 2,800 nominations representing 115 countries based on their commitment to customers, the impacts of their solutions on the market and exemplary use of Microsoft technologies, according to company officials.

"These award winners and finalists represent achievements and excellence in innovation that can be found throughout our partner ecosystem," said Ron Huddleston, corporate vice president, One Commercial Partner, in a blog post. "They also exemplify the extraordinary power of Microsoft partners to enable customers to drive their businesses forward through technology and to maximize business opportunities."

Microsoft Dynamics related winners and finalists are listed below, and a more comprehensive list can be found here.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Partner of the Year

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